12:1 耶和华对亚伯兰说，你要离开本地，本族，父家，往我所要指示你的地去。

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

12:2 我必叫你成为大国，我必赐福给你，叫你的名为大，你也要叫别人得福。

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

12:3 为你祝福的，我必赐福与他。那咒诅你的，我必咒诅他，地上的万族都要因你得福。

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

12:4 亚伯兰就照着耶和华的吩咐去了。罗得也和他同去。亚伯兰出哈兰的时候，年七十五岁。

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

12:5 亚伯兰将他妻子撒莱和侄儿罗得，连他们在哈兰所积蓄的财物，所得的人口，都带往迦南地去。他们就到了迦南地。

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

12:6 亚伯兰经过那地，到了示剑地方，摩利橡树那里。那时迦南人住在那地。

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

12:7 耶和华向亚伯兰显现，说，我要把这地赐给你的后裔。亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

12:8 从那里他又迁到伯特利东边的山，支搭帐棚。西边是伯特利，东边是艾。他在那里又为耶和华筑了一座坛，求告耶和华的名。

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

12:9 后来亚伯兰又渐渐迁往南地去。

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

12:10 那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里暂居。

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

12:11 将近埃及，就对他妻子撒莱说，我知道你是容貌俊美的妇人。

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

12:12 埃及人看见你必说，这是他的妻子，他们就要杀我，却叫你存活。

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

12:13 求你说，你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

12:14 及至亚伯兰到了埃及，埃及人看见那妇人极其美貌。

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

12:15 法老的臣宰看见了她，就在法老面前夸奖她。那妇人就被带进法老的宫去。

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

12:16 法老因这妇人就厚待亚伯兰，亚伯兰得了许多牛，羊，骆驼，公驴，母驴，仆婢。

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

12:17 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，降大灾与法老和他的全家。

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

12:18 法老就召了亚伯兰来，说，你这向我作的是什么事呢，为什么没有告诉我她是你的妻子，

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

12:19 为什么说她是你的妹子，以致我把她取来要作我的妻子，现在你的妻子在这里，可以带她走吧。

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

12:20 于是法老吩咐人将亚伯兰和他妻子，并他所有的都送走了。

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.